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Coronavirus


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Nearly $160 million later, the state’s COVID-19 contact tracing program is ending

Local health departments have been advised by the state to only investigate and contact trace COVID cases in group settings such as health care facilities, homeless shelters, nursing homes, day-care centers, and schools.
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Health


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Amid surge in patients, hospitals treat more people at home

With COVID cases rising again and the health care system already stressed, hospitals are under greater pressure to find new ways to take care of patients.
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SPOTLIGHT FOLLLOW-UP


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In less than a year, the number of Boston hospital chiefs on corporate boards is down by half

The new heads of Boston Children’s, Mass. General, and Brigham and Women’s differ from their predecessors in not serving on paid corporate boards. But it’s unclear if the change signals that hospital trustees plan to tighten policies.
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Starbucks workers’ union victory could lead to more coffee shops organizing

In recent months, a number of local coffeehouse workers have formed unions — at Pavement, Darwin’s, and three sister Somerville shops — and now the country’s largest coffee chain has joined the mix, with Starbucks workers at a Buffalo store voting to unionize and campaigns launched at two Boston-area shops.
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Business


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Judge overturns Purdue Pharma’s sweeping opioid settlement

A federal judge rejected OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy settlement of thousands of lawsuits over the opioid epidemic Thursday because of a provision that would protect members of the Sackler family from facing litigation of their own.
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Nation


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Biden administration details push to finally rid the nation of millions of lead pipes

The Biden administration on Thursday announced an effort to jump-start the removal of every underground lead water service line in the country, a move meant to stop once and for all the poisonous metal from flowing through the taps of millions of Americans.
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Biden bestows Medal of Honor on three soldiers

President Biden on Thursday presented the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for valor in combat, to three soldiers who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq. Two were recognized posthumously.
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Nation


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Senate Democrats begin to concede $2 trillion economic package may be delayed into 2022

The dawning acknowledgment on Capitol Hill after months of negotiations generated fresh frustration among a party still struggling to overcome its divisions and finalize a measure that has bedeviled it now for nearly a year.
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NATO signals support for Ukraine in face of threat from Russia

Facing a building threat from Russia, Ukraine’s president sought security guarantees from NATO’s chief in a meeting Thursday and came away with a renewed commitment that his country could eventually join the military alliance despite stiff objections from its Russian neighbors.
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World


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12 remaining members of US group kidnapped in Haiti have been released

The 12 remaining members of a group of 17 North American missionaries who had been kidnapped in Haiti two months ago have been released, their US-based charity and the Haitian national police said Thursday.
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5 schoolchildren are killed in fall from bouncy castle in Australia

While some schoolchildren were on the inflatable bouncy castle, the police said, “a significant” gust of wind sent it, along with giant inflatable Zorb balls, flying into the air. Nine students plunged more than 30 feet to the ground.
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OPINION


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A path back toward democracy in Haiti

The Commission for a Haitian-Led Solution to the Crisis is a model for how civil society organizations can work together to overcome differences to create a blueprint for a transition to democracy.
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EDITORIAL


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New York is home to the first supervised injection sites in America. Let Boston be next.

People struggling with addiction need places to go with medical supervision and services.
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OPINION


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Saving democracy’s front lines — local newspapers

Local newspapers hold a lens to the regional differences that distinguish American life. National media tend to homogenize — or polarize — but local publications highlight the concerns of communities far outside our own bubbles.
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Hospital group boss cites ‘terrifying increase’ in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Mass.

The head of an influential hospital trade group on Thursday told a legislative committee that there’s been a “terrifying increase” in COVID-19 patients in Massachusetts hospitals over the past month, as medical facilities deal with staffing shortages and a crunch on available beds.
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State approves second project for geothermal energy

That follows the approval of a similar project Eversource plans to start next year in Framingham. Both projects seek to demonstrate an alternative to the state’s massive system of natural gas pipes that leak methane and contribute to global warming.
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Reaction to Boston’s immediate Mass. and Cass plan is decidedly mixed

Some welcomed Mayor Michelle Wu’s plans, saying they would like to have warm shelter and a roof over their head amid the New England winter. Others were indifferent. Yet others voiced skepticism.
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Indoor arenas, such as TD Garden, doing all they can to stave off capacity restrictions

But a public health expert warns that more needs to be done to keep the seats full of fans at these venues — particularly this winter.
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Islanders 3, Bruins 1


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Short-handed Bruins put up a fight in loss to Islanders

“I thought some guys played real hard tonight and gave us everything they had,” Nick Foligno said about his team, which had just 17 skaters take the ice.
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Tara Sullivan


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Settlement in Larry Nassar sexual abuse case not about the $380 million, but rather the courageous women who spoke out against him

No amount of money can fix what happened to Nassar’s victims. But what this money can do is help the victims on their road to recovery.
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Business


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Starbucks workers’ union victory could lead to more coffee shops organizing

In recent months, a number of local coffeehouse workers have formed unions — at Pavement, Darwin’s, and three sister Somerville shops — and now the country’s largest coffee chain has joined the mix, with Starbucks workers at a Buffalo store voting to unionize and campaigns launched at two Boston-area shops.
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Business


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Judge overturns Purdue Pharma’s sweeping opioid settlement

A federal judge rejected OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy settlement of thousands of lawsuits over the opioid epidemic Thursday because of a provision that would protect members of the Sackler family from facing litigation of their own.
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Congress approves import ban targeting forced labor in China

Senators gave final congressional approval Thursday to a bill barring imports from China’s Xinjiang region unless businesses can prove they were produced without forced labor, overcoming initial hesitation from the White House and what supporters said was opposition from corporations.
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Obituaries


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Ernesta Procope, pioneering Black insurance broker, dies at 98

A Brooklyn native, Ernesta Procope transformed a storefront insurance brokerage into what was billed as the nation’s largest insurance agency owned by a Black woman, with headquarters on Wall Street.
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Obituaries


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Ernesta Procope, pioneering Black insurance broker, dies at 98

A Brooklyn native, Ernesta Procope transformed a storefront insurance brokerage into what was billed as the nation’s largest insurance agency owned by a Black woman, with headquarters on Wall Street.
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MUSIC REVIEW


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At TD Garden, Genesis answers their own question

On what might be the band’s final tour, these veteran rockers delivered, and maybe that’s a good way to go out.
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Arts


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Bruce Springsteen sells music catalog in massive deal

Bruce Springsteen has sold his music rights to Sony Music Entertainment in what may well be the biggest transaction ever struck for a single artist’s body of work, according to two people briefed on the deal.
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At Mass MoCA, ceramic art proves its power

Ceramics has long been excluded from the conversation about “serious” art, but the rules have changed, finally.
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